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    • Mimbres Style Petroglyphs

    • Mimbres Style Petroglyphs

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • A petroglyph is rock art that is pecked, scratched or abraided into the rock surface. These petroglyphs depict a big horn sheep, a dragon fly and other elements characteristic of the Mimbres culture. These and other petroglyphs found on the eastern...
    • Peloncillo Mountains Long Tailed Quadruped

    • Peloncillo Mountains Long Tailed Quadruped

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • Petroglyphs of long tailed quadupeds were common to the Mogollon culture. The Native American culture known as the Mogollon lived in the southwest from approximately AD 150 until sometime between AD 1300 and AD 1400.This petroglyph was found on the...
    • Cave Anthropomorph Pictographs

    • Cave Anthropomorph Pictographs

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These anthropomorphic pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Cienaga Phase Panels

    • Cienaga Phase Panels

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • These panels of petroglyphs are dated from the Cienaga period (800BCE-100CE). The image was taken by Gene Riggs. The site is found on a cliffside located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico...
    • Mixed Quadruped Images

    • Mixed Quadruped Images

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These petroglyphs and pictograph are of bighorn sheep and were found on both sides of the Chiricahua Mountains. The petoglyph at the lower left is done in the Mimbres culture style. The pictograph and petroglyph at right are done in a more...
    • Large Scale Petroglyphs

    • Large Scale Petroglyphs

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • These petroglyphs are located in the Central San Bernardino Valley in Cochise County Arizona. The culture is unknown. There is a stylistic similarity with the image shown in Item 32, especially in the rows of opposing half opals, though the...
    • Quadrupeds Pictograph

    • Quadrupeds Pictograph

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Mixed Pictographs

    • Mixed Pictographs

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Happy Quadrupeds

    • Happy Quadrupeds

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These pictographs, done in a charcoal based paint, are located in a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains and are tentatively dated by radiocarbon analysis to AD 200-500. The creating culture is unknown. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Cave Quadupeds

    • Cave Quadupeds

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These quadruped pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Apache Ring Petroglyphs

    • Apache Ring Petroglyphs

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • These ring petroglyphs were found in the Circle I Hills north of Willcox, Arizona. The image was taken by Gene Riggs and is believed to be an example of Apache rock art. Apaches began their rock-art traditions at a later time than other...
    • Abstract Rectangular Pictographs

    • Abstract Rectangular Pictographs

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Mexico

    • These white paint symetrical pictographs are found in a cave in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Though the two locations are far apart, there is a stylistic similarity to the rectangular shapes in Item 34. The culture is unknown.
    • Abstract Pictograph

    • Abstract Pictograph

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Mexico

    • This abstract panel of pictographs is located near Naco, Sonora, Mexico on the Arizona-Mexico border. The pictograph was done in red paint by an unknown culture.
    • Petroglyphs on Boulder with Spring foliage

    • Petroglyphs on Boulder with Spring foliage

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This boulder with petroglyphs is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico border between the Pedragosa Mountains and the Peloncillo Mountains. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Plant Petroglyph

    • Plant Petroglyph

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This boulder with petroglyphs is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico border between the Pedragosa Mountains and the Peloncillo Mountains. The image was taken by Gene Riggs. The plant...
    • Broken Rock of Petroglyphs

    • Broken Rock of Petroglyphs

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This broken rock of petroglyphs is found in the Charleston Area near an historic mining site outside Sierra Vista, Arizona.The image shows historic graffiti (created recently) appearing over the original prehistoric Hohokam rock art.
    • Great Horned Owl

    • Great Horned Owl

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This is a petroglyph of a great horned owl. The horned owl was known as the helper of the "Guardian of the Valley." The image was taken by Gene Riggs. The petroglyph is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley located along the Arizona/New...
    • Human with Dogs and Bow and Arrow

    • Human with Dogs and Bow and Arrow

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    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • This panel of pictographs is located in the same Pedregosa Mountain cave as Item 30. The human figure has fingers and toes, and appears to be holding a dog and bow and arrow. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Mogollon Geometric Elements

    • Mogollon Geometric Elements

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph is a geometric shape typical of the Mogollon tradition.The Native American culture known as the Mogollon lived in the southwest from approximately AD 150 until sometime between AD 1300 and AD 1400. It was found in a canyon on the...
    • Anthropomorph with Deer Antler Headdress

    • Anthropomorph with Deer Antler Headdress

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph is a tradtional style Hohokam anthropomorph or human like figure with a deer antler headress. This representation may be a shaman or other individual of importance, The Hohokam culture is the name given to farming people of the...

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